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REQUEST FOR <br />Planning Commission Action <br />PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING DATE: <br />SEPTEMBER 22, 2014 <br />TITLE: <br />PUBLIC HEARING — FILED BY LAMSON NGUYEN <br />FOR CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT NO. 2013-43 TO <br />ALLOW A TYPE 47 ALCOHOL BEVERAGE CONTROL <br />LICENSE AND CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT NO. 2013- <br />44 TO ALLOW AFTER -HOURS OPERATION UNTIL 2:00 <br />A.M. AT YOJIE JAPANESE FONDUE RESTAURANT AT <br />305 NORTH SPURGEON STREET (Strategic Plan Nos. <br />3, 2; 3, 4) <br />Prepared by _tally Sgboleske <br />Interim Executive D'r ctor <br />PLANNING COMMISSION SECRETARY <br />APPROVED <br />• <br />As Recommended <br />• <br />As Amended <br />• <br />Set Public Hearing For <br />DENIED <br />• <br />Applicant's Request <br />• <br />Staff Recommendation <br />CONTINUED TO <br />Acting PI, nning anager <br />1. Adopt a resolution approving Conditional Use Permit No. 2013 -43 to allow a Type 47 ABC license. <br />2. Adopt a resolution approving Conditional Use Permit No. 2013 -44 as conditioned to allow business <br />operations until 2:00 a.m. <br />DISCUSSION <br />Request of Applicant <br />Lamson Nguyen, proprietor for Yojie Japanese Fondue restaurant, is requesting approval of a <br />conditional use permit (CUP) to allow a Type 47 Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) license for the <br />on- premise sale and consumption of beer, wine, and distilled spirits at a new restaurant. <br />Establishments that sell alcoholic beverages require a conditional use permit pursuant to Section <br />41 -196 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code (SAMC). The applicant is also requesting approval of a <br />CUP to allow business operations until 2:00 a.m. per Section 41 -2007 of the SAMC. <br />Project Location and Site Description <br />The Yojie Japanese Fondue restaurant is proposed to be located within the historic Ritz Hotel, <br />immediately adjacent to the Yost Theater at the northeast corner of Third and Spurgeon Streets at the <br />southernmost side of the East End Promenade. The lot is approximately 7,888 square feet in size <br />and is developed with a two -story 11,484 square foot commercial building. The suite this restaurant <br />proposes to occupy is 1,972 square feet in size and is on the ground floor. The Ritz Hotel was <br />placed on the Santa Ana Register of Historical Properties in 2008 as a Landmark structure. <br />Surrounding land uses include commercialloffice to the north, south, east and west (Exhibits 1, 2 <br />and 3). <br />EXHIBIT A <br />31 AA -3 <br />